25 years of HIV

19 - 21 May 2008, Paris cedex 15, France

Introduction

The isolation of HIV 25 years ago has transformed modern virology. Shock waves spread to immunology, microbial pathogenesis and clinical trials that drove both discovery and methodologis. Inexorably HIV has become the reference in virology. Rather than reflect on this HIV revolution, there will be a little, the meeting looks towards cutting edge research from structures to vaccines